DES MOINES, IOWA — Grefe & Sidney Partner Ben Erickson recently secured a significant victory for a national contracting firm in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The federal court granted a complete dismissal in a high-stakes construction damage dispute involving multi-million dollar utility infrastructure. Strategic Defense  Representing the […]

DES MOINES, IOWA — When a subcontractor is injured on a job site, is the general contractor automatically liable? In a recent decision shaping general contractor liability, Iowa’s Supreme Court addressed exactly how much contractual authority a general contractor must have over a project to trigger a duty of care for a subcontractor’s work. In […]

Andy Hall and Ben Erickson recently represented a local veterinarian who pulled out from a stop sign and didn’t see an oncoming car, resulting in a high-speed collision. Plaintiffs were represented by a law firm out of Ogden, Utah. Plaintiffs claimed damages from a shattered knee cap and broken wrist, resulting in multiple surgical procedures […]

Ashley Koester was employed as a mobile crisis counselor for Eyerly-Ball Health Services (“Eyerly-Ball”). She was an hourly employee and would work intermittent shifts as needed. Koester was classified as a nonexempt employee and was eligible to receive overtime pay.  See 29 U.S.C.A. § 213; id. § 207(a)(1). The rate she received varied depending on […]

In February 2021, Orange City adopted “Ordinance No. 825.” One of the provisions allowed for periodical inspections of rental properties. The provision further stated that “If entry is refused the inspector shall have recourse to the remedies provided by law to secure entry, including, but not limited to, obtaining an administrative search warrant to search […]